Suspenders.



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Patented Feb. 25, |902. L. A. TALBERI'.y v

S U S P E N D E R S (Application filed Apr. 22, 1901.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LINDLEY A. TALBERT, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-I FOURTHTO WILLIAM A. MOORE, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 694,334, datedFebruary 25, 1902.

Application filed April 22, 1901.

To cir/Z whom, it may concern:

Beit known that I, LINDLEY A. TALBEET, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State otIndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSuspenders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in Suspenders for supporting menstrousers; and the object is to provide a suspender of greaterelasticity, thereby contributing to the ease and comfort of the wearer,and to provide a suspender of greatly-increased dura- The object also isto incorporate the improved features in the suspender-ends,which arecommonly detachable, whereby the invention may be supplied by way ofrepairs to a body portion already in use.

I accomplish the objects of the invention by the mechanism illustratedin the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l represents my completeinvention in its most approved form. The fastening for one of the endsis represented in vertical section to better show the construction andone of the buttonhole ends is broken away for the same purpose. Fig. 2is perspective view of one of thebuttonhole ends partially separated toshow the construction; Fig. 3, a detail in perspective of the attachmentof the suspender-ends to the body of the suspender, and Fig. 4 aperspective View of a modified form of attachment of suspender-end andsuspender-body.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the severalviews of the drawings.

A A represents the straps,which are joined together at the back by meansof the loop B. The front ends are doubled upon themselves and areattached to the sliding buckles D D, whereby the lengths of the strapswill be changed by raising or lowering the sliding buckles. The doublingof the ends just described forms loops, to which the suspenden ends infront are secured. All ot the abovedescribed parts are of usual andwell-known construction.

C are the suspender-ends, the bodies of 5o which each consistof a singlepiece of spring- Serial No. 57,016. (No model.)

wire, (I use only the Very best quality of spring tempered steel Wire,such as is commonly used for pianostrings,) and this wire is bent into aclose spiral approximately a quarter ot' an inch in diameter. The endsof the Wire at each end of the spiral are doubled back to form a loop dand are secured by wrapping the extreme end around the last turn of thecoil or spiral. This loop is for the attachment for the buttonhole-tipsE. The tips E are made out 0f a tough flexible material, as leather, oneend of which strip is passed through the eye of the loop, and the twoparts of t-he doubled strip are then brought together and cemented toeach other or sewed, or both. To keep the wire of the loop from cuttingthrough the leather, I may reinforce the latter by adding the piece e ofsheet metal or tough material; but as there is no frictional movementbetween the strap and the loop this reinforcement is not oridinarilyneeded.

F is a Wire bent on itself like a safety-pin and having a loop Whichretains the opposite end shut. Passed around the member having this loopis the sheet-metal holder G, consisting of a metal plate of suitableshape folded double around said pin F and carried thence downwardly, thetwo members formed by the fold contacting with each other. Then the endsare bent outwardly in opposite directions and are brought together andunited by soldering to form an eye H, through which spiral springs O arepassed. The spring C makes a sliding iit in said eye. The naturaltendency of said spring C is to assume a right line, which when thespring is passed through its eye H, with the eye intermediate the endsof the spring, will be at right angles to the suspender-strap A. Inorder to compel the spring ends to retain the downwardly-obliqueposition required for use, I provide the hood K, which is a rigid metalof proper shape passed through the eye H above the spring and isysoldered or otherwise vsecurely fastened to the eye.

This suspender-end is attached to the suspender straps A A by passingthe pin F through the loop B at the rear or through either of the loopsin front formed by dou- IOO bling the straps back upon themselves, andas mostof the suspenders in common use have these loops my improved endscan be applied to any such Suspenders, and in use when one of the endsbreaks a new one can be supplied, which will save the expense of buyingthe whole suspender new. It is the suspenderend that gives out first inmost cases.

Fig. 4 shows a modication in which the loop L on the suspender is of thecommon form, which can be opened and is fastened by means of thewell-known glove-fastener. The spring end in this case is passeddirectly through the loop. A rubber band m, limiting the two sides ofthe spring, will hold the latter from straightening out when notbuttoned to the trousers.

I am aware that coiled spring-wire has been used as a core-covering forsuspender-ends; also, that a curved sleeve has been used for thesuspender-end to slide in, and that it is not new to strengthen theportions of greatest wear of fabrics by means of a reinforcingstrip, anddo not broadly claim such constructions.

Having thus fully described my invention, A

what I claim as new, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a suspender, the combination of the straps thereof, metal holderssecured to the straps, said holders each having an eye and aspirally-formed spring tempered coiled wire strip, without a core,having each of the ends of said wire strip bent back and fastened to thelast coil of the spiral to form loops, each of said springs being passedthrough one of said eyes, buttonholetips secured to the loops, each tipcomprising a iiexible strip passed through said loop and doubled uponand secured to itself, a reinforcing-strip between said tip and theloop; and a hood in said eye to direct the position of the spring butnot forming a support or bearing therefor, substantially as describedand shown.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, atIndianapolis, Indiana, this 4th day of April, A. D. 1901.

LINDLEY A. TALBERT.

